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whether they are connected with potential war crimes proceedings. 240 POWs may be segregatedaccording to their known or suspected security risk level. A combination of classifications maybe used to ensure an orderly and secure POW camp. 2419.13 FOOD, WATER, TOBACCO, AND CLOTHING FOR POWS9.13.1 Food for POWs. The basic daily food rations shall be sufficient in quantity,quality, and variety to keep POWs in good health and to prevent loss of weight or thedevelopment of nutritional deficiencies. 2429.13.1.1 Accounting for the Habitual Diet. Account shall also be taken of thehabitual diet of the POWs. 243 For example, the POWs’ cultural and religious requirementsshould be considered in determining and ensuring the appropriate diet. 244 The preparation of thefood by the POWs themselves also helps conform the food to the POWs’ habitual diet. 245240 For example, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY PAMPHLET 20-213, History of Prisoner Of War Utilization By TheUnited States Army, 1776-1945, 253 (Jun. 24, 1955) (“All Japanese PW’s were divided into two classes afterscreening—processed and categorized. A processed prisoner of war was one who had been questioned and foundnot to be connected with any war crime. His name was recorded, a serial number assigned, and he was sent to abranch PW labor camp pending repatriation. A categorized prisoner of war was one held as a war criminal or as amaterial witness to atrocities committed by members of the Japanese forces. These were segregated from the otherprisoners, but were eligible for use as laborers under adequate security.”).241 For example, Martin Tollefson, Enemy Prisoners of War, 32 IOWA LAW REVIEW 51, 59 (1946) (“The mosteffective means, however, of stopping the crime wave [of murder and forced suicides in U.S.-run POW camps inWorld War II] and other troubles, among prisoners of war, was the adoption of a well-planned program ofsegregation. Prisoners were carefully screened and re-screened, classified, segregated, and transferred to campsaccordingly. At the one extreme were found the rabid Nazis, and at the other the confirmed anti-Nazis, with thegreat mass of German prisoners falling in a middle category. In addition, there were many finer classifications andsegregations. The trouble makers, the Gestapo agents, and the SS and SA men, for instance, had to be segregatedfrom those who were willing to cooperate irrespective of their political views. Those who were inclined to beparticularly cooperative had to be given protection. Approximately one dozen different classes of camps weremaintained to make the segregation effective.”).242 GPW art. 26 (“The basic daily food rations shall be sufficient in quantity, quality and variety to keep prisoners ofwar in good health and to prevent loss of weight or the development of nutritial deficiencies.”).243 GPW art. 26 (“Account shall also be taken of the habitual diet of the prisoners.”).244 For example, FINAL REPORT ON THE PERSIAN GULF WAR 585 (“Rations for EPW were nourishing. The usualmenu consisted of: Four slices of bread w/jam, cheese, 1/4 liter milk or juice for breakfast; 1 US meal ready to eat,North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or Saudi rations for lunch; and, beans, tomatoes, rice, meat (lamb or chicken),and tea for supper. Items prohibited by local and regional religious beliefs were not served to EPWs. US personnelremoved these items from ration packets and replaced them with acceptable substitutes.”).245 GPW COMMENTARY 198 (“The present provision, which is additional to the requirements in the first sentence,should ensure that prisoners are provided with food corresponding to their needs, their taste and their habits.Paragraph 4 of this same Article [Article 26 of the GPW], which provides that prisoners of war may be associatedwith the preparation of their meals, will facilitate the application of this clause.”).545